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		kevinmhickey on Oct 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video... It’s the hot staging spacing ring. They didn’t call it on the feed but it is an expendable part that ejects after separation.

nebben64 on Oct 13, 2024 [–]

thank you!

Alex-Programs on Oct 13, 2024 | [–]

Hotstaging was added quite late so they need to jettison in order to land, but it should be permanently integrated in the later variants.

nebben64 on Oct 13, 2024 | | [–]

interesting, thank you for the extra info

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